Module plottools.grid

Setting grid appearance.

Settings

• grid_params(): set some default grid parameter via matplotlib's rc settings.

Functions

def grid_params(grid=None, axis=None, which=None, color=None, linestyle=None, linewidth=None, alpha=None)

Set some default grid parameter via matplotlib's rc settings.

Only parameters that are not None are updated.

Call this function before you create any matplotlib figure.

Parameters

grid : bool

Turn grid lines on or off. Sets rcParam axes.grid.

axis : {'both', 'x', 'y'}

For which axis grid lines should be shown. Sets rcParam axes.grid.axis.

which : {'major', 'minor', 'both'}

Grid lines for major, minor or both ticks. Sets rcParam axes.grid.which.

color : matplotlib color

Color of grid lines. Sets rcParam grid.color.

linestyle : string or tuple

Linestyle of grid lines. Sets rcParam grid.linestyle.

lineswidth : float

Width of grid lines in points. Sets rcParam grid.linewidth.

alpha : float

Transparency of grid lines between 0 and 1. Sets rcParam grid.alpha.

def demo()

Run a demonstration of the grid module.